diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c
index f66c3b653..7e5b8a54f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/connection_management.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "distributed/shared_connection_stats.h"
 #include "distributed/cancel_utils.h"
 #include "distributed/remote_commands.h"
+#include "distributed/time_constants.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_log_messages.h"
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 
 int NodeConnectionTimeout = 30000;
 int MaxCachedConnectionsPerWorker = 1;
+int MaxCachedConnectionLifetime = 10 * MS_PER_MINUTE;
 
 HTAB *ConnectionHash = NULL;
 HTAB *ConnParamsHash = NULL;
@@ -1288,6 +1290,7 @@ AfterXactHostConnectionHandling(ConnectionHashEntry *entry, bool isCommit)
  * - Connection is forced to close at the end of transaction
  * - Connection is not in OK state
  * - A transaction is still in progress (usually because we are cancelling a distributed transaction)
+ * - A connection reached its maximum lifetime
  */
 static bool
 ShouldShutdownConnection(MultiConnection *connection, const int cachedConnectionCount)
@@ -1303,7 +1306,10 @@ ShouldShutdownConnection(MultiConnection *connection, const int cachedConnection
 		   cachedConnectionCount >= MaxCachedConnectionsPerWorker ||
 		   connection->forceCloseAtTransactionEnd ||
 		   PQstatus(connection->pgConn) != CONNECTION_OK ||
-		   !RemoteTransactionIdle(connection);
+		   !RemoteTransactionIdle(connection) ||
+		   (MaxCachedConnectionLifetime >= 0 &&
+			TimestampDifferenceExceeds(connection->connectionStart, GetCurrentTimestamp(),
+									   MaxCachedConnectionLifetime));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index e5de6c689..efa467801 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -1238,6 +1238,16 @@ RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void)
 		GUC_STANDARD,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomIntVariable(
+		"citus.max_cached_connection_lifetime",
+		gettext_noop("Sets the maximum lifetime of cached connections to other nodes."),
+		NULL,
+		&MaxCachedConnectionLifetime,
+		10 * MS_PER_MINUTE, -1, INT_MAX,
+		PGC_USERSET,
+		GUC_UNIT_MS | GUC_STANDARD,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 	DefineCustomIntVariable(
 		"citus.repartition_join_bucket_count_per_node",
 		gettext_noop("Sets the bucket size for repartition joins per node"),
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h b/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h
index 29408d78c..710292dc2 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/connection_management.h
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ extern int NodeConnectionTimeout;
 /* maximum number of connections to cache per worker per session */
 extern int MaxCachedConnectionsPerWorker;
 
+/* maximum lifetime of connections in miliseconds */
+extern int MaxCachedConnectionLifetime;
+
 /* parameters used for outbound connections */
 extern char *NodeConninfo;
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out b/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out
index 7f9c84da5..0ce22548f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/shared_connection_stats.out
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
 (1 row)
 
 -- cache connections to the nodes
+SET citus.force_max_query_parallelization TO ON;
 SELECT count(*) FROM test;
  count
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -823,6 +824,28 @@ BEGIN;
 (0 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
+-- should close all connections
+SET citus.max_cached_connection_lifetime TO '0s';
+SELECT count(*) FROM test;
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+   155
+(1 row)
+
+-- show that no connections are cached
+SELECT
+	connection_count_to_node
+FROM
+	citus_remote_connection_stats()
+WHERE
+	port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+	database_name = 'regression'
+ORDER BY
+	hostname, port;
+ connection_count_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
 -- in case other tests relies on these setting, reset them
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.distributed_deadlock_detection_factor;
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.recover_2pc_interval;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql
index dbb988315..7c653e788 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/shared_connection_stats.sql
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ SELECT pg_reload_conf();
 SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
 
 -- cache connections to the nodes
+SET citus.force_max_query_parallelization TO ON;
 SELECT count(*) FROM test;
 BEGIN;
 	-- we should not have any reserved connections
@@ -519,6 +520,21 @@ BEGIN;
 	SELECT * FROM citus_reserved_connection_stats() ORDER BY 1,2;
 COMMIT;
 
+-- should close all connections
+SET citus.max_cached_connection_lifetime TO '0s';
+SELECT count(*) FROM test;
+
+-- show that no connections are cached
+SELECT
+	connection_count_to_node
+FROM
+	citus_remote_connection_stats()
+WHERE
+	port IN (SELECT node_port FROM master_get_active_worker_nodes()) AND
+	database_name = 'regression'
+ORDER BY
+	hostname, port;
+
 -- in case other tests relies on these setting, reset them
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.distributed_deadlock_detection_factor;
 ALTER SYSTEM RESET citus.recover_2pc_interval;